Spent the week end in Melbourne.
Went to North v Essendon - great game, Brown was excellent.
Yesterday, went out to North Port Oval to watch Williamstown v Werribee.
Low & behold, Brown (& his girlfriend) came & sat directly behind us in the Stand - he was wearing his 50 yr Werribee T-Shirt, as they are the 'feeder' team for North Melbourne. BTW, his left, little finger was in a splint (if you are having a punt, might be worth knowing
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Was interested to find out about the 'rules' in the VFL regarding players available for VFL Finals.
Have to have played minimum 6 games.
Generally, the AFL Teams are not that forthcoming with releasing players.
Appears similar to what we had over here, up until 2014, with AFL Clubs being difficult in releasing players, even when they all play for the one Club.
Box Hill might be an exception?
What I was most surprised at, was the size of the crowd - very small, would suggest 1500 max. despite no AFL games in Melbourne on Sunday.
Stand was virtually empty, the most populated area was behind the city end goals with Reserves players.
Nice venue, though - would be great to play Cricket on, city backdrop.
Must say, despite Andy Collins coaching Williamstown (who kicked 9 last quarter goals to storm home & win 'going away') the standard was excellent & I really enjoyed the 'open' style footy. Seemed more open than our competition - a bit more old fashioned style footy.
Was also nice to see the old West Torrens Guernsey up close again too
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